Heavy Rain in Coastal Areas
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Local flooding is likely on the central and north coasts following heavy rain along the coastal belt and…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Cyclone Claims Four Lives
TURIN, August 25. — A sudden cyclone, which swept through Turin yesterday, killed four and injured 50…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Following heavy rain in Sydney to-day, trainer D. Lewis announced that it will depend on track conditions whether Vagabond will start in the Warwick Stakes at Randwick on Saturday…
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STRASBOURG, Aug. 25. — Europe’s Consultative Assembly was taken by surprise last night when, at the end of its economic…
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The Mayor (Aid. F. O. Fahey) and the town clerk (Mr. S. J. Dunkley) to-day conferred in Sydney with Local Government and other…
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Members of the Maitland Basket Ball Association have been encouraged by the generous way in which clubs from other districts…
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KEMPSEY, Friday.—The Seventh Day Adventist Mission launch, Leleo, ran aground on Crescent Head during a storm early to-day. Three officers and a crew of five Hew Hebridean natives swam ashore uninjured…
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THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS' MISSION LAUNCH, THE LELEO, RAN AGROUND ON CRESCENT HEAD DURING A STORM, EARLY TO-DAY. THREE OFFICERS AND THE CREW OF FIVE NEW HEBRIDEAN NATIVES, SWAM ASHORE UNINJURED…
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Seventh Day Adventists' mission launch Leieo ran aground at Crescent Head during a storm early today. Three officers and the crew of 5 New Hebridan…
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Speaking to a "Chronicle" representative after the meeting, Cr. C. Marshall said the people of the Hunter Valley must be awake…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Torrential [?] over the northern part of the State has caused severe flooding in the Dorrigo and Armidale districts. The Bellinger river broke its banks at Dorrigo early…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Northumberland County Council planner (Mr. Stone) proposes shortly to conter with Maitland City…
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The case tor general assistance to Maitland City Council in repairing damage caused by the disastrous June flood was placed…
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The Civil Aviation. Department has refused to accept responsibility for the mainenance of Strowan airstrip as an emergency aerodrome at Jerry's Plains…
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The Mayor of Maitland (Aid. F. O. Fahey) urged the the Hunter Valley Interim Conservatfon Advisory…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Drama at the “Cricketers’ Arms” Inns of Old Paterson and District
The “Cricketers’ Arms” Inn, which stood at the northern end of the lower road at Paterson and faced north in 1875 was the scene of one of the most exciting flood dramas ever witnessed in the district…
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SYDNEY, Sat. — With more rain predicted along the coast, severe flooding in the Clarence and Manning River areas i[?]…
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GLOUCESTER: Heavy rain fell in Gloucester on Thursday and Friday, and the rivers again ran strongly. A motorist was almost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Flood: Devastation Worse Than at Maitland Alarming Reports From Moree
SYDNEY, Monday.—Reports from Kempsey, where seven persons are believed to have been drowned, indicate that the flood devastation there is worse than that caused at Maitland in the June, 1949, flood…
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The Mayor of Maitland (Ald. F. O. Fahey) has decided, in view of the magnificent response to his appeal for the Maitland Flood Relief Fund, and realising the appalling plight in which the citizens of Kempsey now find…
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